their cars for street cleaning on Purim.
The New York City Council
recently added Purim to the list of
holidays when alternate-side parking
rules are suspended.
Sholem Aleichem
Gets Monument
M-oscow/JTA — A monument to
Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem was
unveiled recently in Moscow. The
monument stands near the site of
the former Moscow Jewish Theater.
That theater, which staged plays
written by Sholem Aleichem, was
torn down on Stalin's orders.
Howard Squadron
Dead At 75
New York/JTA — Howard
Squadron, a former president of the
American Jewish Congress, died at
age 75.
Squadron, who died Dec. 26,
served for two years as chairman of
the Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations.
An influential lawyer in New York,
Squadron represented media mogul
Rupert Murdoch and served as an
adviser to former mayor David
Dinkins and Donna Shalala, then
president of Hunter College, who
later became secretary of health and
human services in the Clinton
administration.
West Coast
ADL Chief Fired
Los Angeles/JTA — Jewish leaders in
Los Angeles are dismayed by the fir-
ing of the ADL's local representative.
The dismissal of David Lehrer "does
not compute," said Zev Yaroslaysky,
a leading Jewish politician in Los
Angeles.
The firing of one of the most
enduring and popular Jewish profes-
sionals in the Los Angeles area
pointed to tensions between national
headquarters in New York City and
independent-minded branches on
the West Coast, frictions that have
afflicted other national Jewish organ-
izations, sources said. For its part,
the ADL said in a statement that the
group is "undertaking steps to
strengthen our leadership and devel-
opment efforts" in Los Angeles.
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